Auguries of Innocence, 1959 Text by William Blake, Illustrated by Leonard Baskin Hardcover, 9 1/2″ x 6″, 20 pages In 1959, we commissioned Leonard Baskin to illustrate a version of William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence, published in an edition of 250. … Read More
Originally founded as “The Print Club” by a group of Philadelphia collectors, The Print Center was established as an “association for the dissemination, study, production and collection of works by printmakers, American and foreign.”
Grigor-Taylor was the Director from 1969-1973. Grigor-Taylor introduced artists from California and England who were unknown on the east coast. In 1971 he presented a solo exhibition of R. B. Kitaj’s complete graphic work (The Print Center purchased Photo-Eye, color … Read More
George Bunker, Seasonal, 1967, Color lithograph, 30 x 22 inches, Edition of 40
Romas Viesulas, Since Then, 1966, Lithograph, 22.5 x 31.75 inches, Edition of 40
Ofelia Garcia was the Executive Director from 1978 to 1984. In 1978, The Print Center’s sixty year long practice of selling prints while having nonprofit status was scrutinized by the federal government. The Board of Governors decided to separate The … Read More
The Ford Foundation provided support for a building expansion which enclosed most of the original garden, expanded the facility on the first floor and provided an second exhibition gallery on the second floor.
Sam Maitin (1928 – 2004) is one of the artists most closely associated with The Print Center. He was a celebrated printmaker whose work was included in at least 45 shows during his lifetime. Maitin took part in Stanley William … Read More
D.W. Mellor, Gift of Shells, 2005, Archival Pigment Print, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 41
Jill Bonovitz, Raveling, 2004, Etching, 11 x 14 inches, Edition of 50